Robinson v. Colotta

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant sued the appellee in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County for alleged repairs to appellant’s taxicab and loss of profits from the use thereof, and punitive damages, charging that a collision between his taxicab and a truck of appellee on July 4, 1945, was proximately due to negligence in the operation of appellee’s truck in his business.

About 1:30 in the afternoon on the day of the occurrence, appellant’s driver, Logan, was operating his taxicab on Nelson Street in Greenville, going in an easterly direction,…